农学院始建于1958年，当时定名农学系，设有农学、植保、土化和园艺四个专业。1971-1980年园艺、植保、土化三个专业先后从农学系分出，独立成系。2001年农学系更名为农学院，2004年与园艺系合并成立新的农学院。

 

　　学院目前下设作物生产、作物遗传育种、果树科学、蔬菜科学、农村区域发展、中草药栽培与鉴定和观赏园艺7个系。拥有作物学一级学科博士学位授权点、作物学博士后科研流动站和园艺学一级学科硕士学位授权点。现有作物栽培学与耕作学、作物遗传育种、药用植物资源与利用、设施作物、作物保护和作物生态生理6个博士学位授权点；有作物栽培学与耕作学、作物遗传育种、果树学、蔬菜学、药用植物资源与利用和设施作物6个硕士学位授权点。设有农学、园艺、农村区域发展、中草药栽培与鉴定、设施农业科学与工程、种子科学与工程6个本科专业。

 

　　全院现有教职工84人，专任教师62人，其中教授（研究员）21人，副教授（副研究员）18人。博士研究生导师26人（含校外8人），硕士研究生导师81人（含校外36人）。国家“百千万人才工程”一、二层人才1人，甘肃省“领军人才”第一层次6人、第二层次2人，甘肃省“333人才工程计划”5人，甘肃省“555创新人才工程”6人，省级优秀专家2人，享受国务院特殊津贴6人，“全国模范教师”1人，农业部“全国农业科技标兵”1人，甘肃省高等学校青年教师成才奖获得者6人。在校全日制学生1893人，其中博士生48人，硕士生154人，本科生1691人。

 

　　学院一贯坚持教学、科研和社会服务相结合，强化实践教学，使学生通过参加生产实践和科研活动提高综合能力。拥有国家级植物生产类实验教学示范中心，下设6个通用实验室，11个校内外教学实践基地；获得甘肃省干旱生境作物学重点实验室—省部共建国家重点实验室培育基地、甘肃省作物遗传改良与种质创新重点实验室、甘肃省节水农业工程技术研究中心等省部级和校级科研机构8个，具有坚实的服务于教学实验、生产实习和科学研究的软硬件基础。

 

　　“十一五”以来，共承担各类科研项目179项，其中973、863、科技支撑计划、自然科学基金、公益性行业计划等国家级项目26项，合同经费11498.56万元，到位经费3171.91万元。研究成果获省科技进步一等奖1项、二等奖6项、三等奖7项；申报国家发明专利9项，制定地方技术标准6项；出版专著和教材22部，在国际、国内重要学术刊物发表论文200余篇。教学方面，共计申报各类教研课题39项，获省级教学成果二等奖2项、厅级奖4项，获省级精品课程3项、校级精品课程4项。

 

　　建院五十年来，共培养12720余名各类人才，包括博士生90人，硕士生412人，专业学位研究生70人，本科生5363人，成人教育本专科生6300余人。为甘肃省乃至全国的农业发展和农业科技人才的培养做出了积极的贡献。

 

　　Brief Introduction to the College of Agronomy

 

　　The College of Agronomy was established in 1958， once named the Department of Agronomy， which had four disciplines ----- agronomy， plant protection， soil chemistry and horticulture. During the time from 1971 to 1980， the three specialties ----- horticulture， plant protection and soil chemistry specialties， were separated from the Department of Agronomy and became different independent departments. In 2001， the Department of Agronomy was renamed the College of Agronomy. In 2004， it merged with the Department of Horticulture， which marked the establishment of the new the College of Agronomy.

 

　　At present， the College has seven departments ----- crop production， crop genetics and breeding， pomology， vegetable science and， rural area development， ？cultivation and identification of Chinese herbal medicine and ornamental horticulture. It has 6 specialties for Doctoral candidates： Crop cultivation and farming systems， Crop genetics and breeding， Medicinal plants resources and utilization， protected cropping， Crop protection， and Crop ecology and physiology. The college has 6 specialties for Master candidates： Crop cultivation and farming systems， Crop genetics and breeding， Medicinal plants resources and utilization， Pomology， Olericullture， and Protected cropping. It also has 6 specialties for undergraduates： Agronomy， Horticulture， Rural regional development，Cultivation and identification of Chinese herbs， Protected agricultural science & engineering， and seed science & engineering. Crop Science as the first-class discipline is a Post-doctoral Research Station.

 

　　The College of Agronomy has 76 members of staff， 56 full-time teachers， 19 professors （or researchers）， 18 associate professors （associate researchers）. Among them there are 17 Ph.D instructors （including 4 externals）， 65 Postgraduate tutors （including 30 outside）， 1 candidate for the National Programme of “Hundred-thousand-ten thousand Qualified Scientists and Technicians”， 1 “National Middle Age and Young Expert Who Has Outstanding Contribution to the Country ”， 1 "National model teacher"， 1 "national pacesetter for agricultural science & technology extention "， 1 Provincial Excellent Expert. 5 of the staff feasting special allowance from the State Council of China， 7 had been enrolled in Gansu Provincial “Project for the Cultivation of 333 Talents”， 7 had been enrolled in Gansu Provincial “Project for the Cultivation of 555 innovative Talents ”， 5 had been awarded “Successful young teachers in colleges and universities of Gansu Province”. The current student enrollment is 1403， including 1091 undergraduates， 263 post-graduates and 49 Ph.D students.

 

　　The College adhered to the educational principle to combine teaching and researching with the social services， to strengthen practice teaching and enhance the students’ capacity by participating in production and research activities. It has one experimental teaching model centre of national-degree plant production， including 1 key disciplines laboratory， 6 GM laboratories， 11 teaching practice bases inside and outside school and 7 research institutes. Therefore， it is greatly qualified to carry out the teaching experiments， production practice and scientific research.

 

　　Over the past three years， a total of 209 research projects funded by national， provincial foundations had been granted， 32 of them are national research projects. Total outlay for scientific research has been about ￥19 million. In the last 3 years， the College had been granted 2 items of technology patent， awarded 1 Second Prize of National Agriculture， Animal Husbandry and Fishery Harvest， 6 Second Prizes and 7 third Prizes of “Advancement of Science and Technology” by Science and Technology Committee of Gansu Province， 19 monographs and national commission teaching books， 107 key journal articles had been published. Currently， 43 research projects are ongoing， 10 of which are funded by “973”， “863” and “National Key Technology R&D Program” of the Ministry of Science and Technology， Natural Science Foundation of China and international foundations.

 

　　Since 1958， the College has cultivated more than 12，720 various graduates including 69 Ph.D students， 328 MS students， 57 professional post-graduates， 4924 undergraduates， 1025 college students， 6330 adult education students since its establishment in 1958. All of them have acquired great achievements in the agriculture and rural economics in Gansu Province and other Provinces.